Groovy Viho 9 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album covers, packaging, event promos, retro, playful, sci‑fi, whimsical, futuristic, distinctiveness, display impact, retro mood, playfulness, sci‑fi flavor, rounded, soft corners, tubular, inky, pill shapes.
A rounded, monoline display face built from tubular strokes and pill-shaped terminals. Bowls and counters tend toward rounded-rectangular forms, with frequent teardrop and droplet-like endings that give strokes a slightly uneven, hand-shaped rhythm. The construction mixes squarish geometry with soft curves, producing a bouncy baseline feel and noticeable character-to-character variety while remaining visually consistent in stroke thickness. Numerals and lowercase share the same soft, modular logic, with distinctive hooked and tapered details that read clearly at display sizes.
Best suited for posters, headlines, packaging, and short-form branding where a distinctive, retro-leaning voice is desired. It works well for music, nightlife, festivals, and playful sci‑fi themes, and is most effective in larger sizes rather than dense body text.
The overall tone feels retro-futurist and lighthearted, with a groovy, offbeat rhythm that suggests 60s–70s poster culture filtered through a quirky sci‑fi sensibility. Its softened corners and liquid terminals keep the mood friendly and approachable rather than sharp or technical.
The design appears intended to deliver a memorable display voice by combining rounded-rectangle geometry with liquid, tapered terminals and intentionally quirky proportions. It prioritizes personality and visual rhythm over strict typographic neutrality, creating a cohesive set of letterforms meant to stand out in titles and graphic applications.
Several glyphs lean on simplified, open forms and stylized joins, creating a strong signature look but a less conventional texture in longer passages. The face benefits from generous spacing and larger sizes, where its interior shapes and droplet terminals remain legible and intentional.